The Labex OT-Med call 2018 for collaborative research, support to scientific events, mobility, training and public outreach activities was launched on February 1, 2018 (submision deadline March 19, 2018). OT-Med Management Board selected the funded projects on May 29, 2018, which are as follows :
RESEARCH PROJECTS
(Alphabetical order)
| Project name | Project title | Project leaders | OT-Med WP | Budget funded by OT-Med (€) | |
| BALTOMS | Biotic and Abiotic Lability of Terrestrial Organic Matter in Seawater |
Jean-François Rontani & Patricia Bonin (MIO) Olivier Radakovitch (IRSN) |
WP2 | 25 880 | |
| BIO-ISO | Biomarker Isotopes as Tracers for Climate Changes | Guillaume Leduc & Laurence Vidal (Cerege), Morteza Djamali (IMBE) | WP1 - WP2 | 20 000 (sous réserve) |
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| CALAKE | Anthropogenic - WPdeterminants versus climate forcings over the last millennia: The CAmeroon LAKEs record |
Pierre Deschamps (Cerege) | WP1 - WP3 - TWP2 | 50 100 | |
| CONTALT | Metals contaminants in the marine environment: impact of the ALTEO industrial effluent in seawater |
Stéphanie Jacquet (MIO), Yves Noack (Cerege), Juliette Rouchier (ex. GREQAM) (LAMSADE) | WP2 | 25 040 | |
| CYCABIOCLIM 2 | Carbon cycle and biodiversity in Mediterranean forests: impact of climate change- Second phase | Catherine Fernandez & Virginie Baldy (IMBE) | WP2 - TWP2 | 50 560 | |
| GIAH | Mobility and collaborative research project : Geoarchaeology of the Istros’ ancient harbours (Danube delta, Romania). Second phase |
Christophe Morhange (Cerege-AMU), Emmanuel Gandouin (IMBE-AMU) |
WP1 - WP3 | 6 000 | |
| LaSeR-Med-Newin | Research-LaSer-Med-New insights | Melika Baklouti (MIO), Alberte Bondeau (IMBE), Dominique Ami (AMSE) | TWP2 | 37 760 | |
| MORESCA | Benthic recovery dynamics after 50 years offshore red mud disposal: monitoring benthic foraminifera response to physical disturbance in Cassidaigne canyon |
Laetitia Licari (Cerege), Christian Grenz (MIO) |
WP2 | 3 000 | |
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NanoP-Med |
Sensitive determination of the surface dissolved phosphate pool for an improved comprehension of the biogeochemical functioning of the Mediterranean Sea | Elvira Pulido (MIO), Malcolm Woodward (PML (UK)) | WP1 | 9 300 | |
| PYRROMED 2 | Unravelling the fire-climate relationships over the Mediterranean region |
Thomas CURT (IRSTEA-RECOVER), Vincent MORON (Cerege), Ricardo TRIGO (Université Lisbonne) |
WP1 | 28 560 | |
| R2P | Global change and rodent-borne parasites in rice cultivated areas along the River Senegal | Isabelle Laffont-Schwob (LPED), Cheikh Tidiane Niang (IRD) | TWP1, WP2, WP3 | 13 080 | |
| ReSeaRChMed | Relative Sea-level Rise & biodiversity Changes in the Mediterranean basin |
Wolfgang Cramer, Yoann Poher, Frédéric Guiter (IMBE) |
WP2 | 27 560 | |
| RDMed-DB | Resilience and adaptation to Droughts and extreme climate events of the MEDiterranean ancient civilizations: database and model development |
Joël Guiot (Cerege), Alberte Bondeau (IMBE) |
WP3, TWP1 | 30 040 | |
| WOODIV | Fellowship extension for the WOODIV project: origin and congruence of taxonomic, phylogenetic, functional diversity of the Mediterranean trees | Agathe Leriche (IMBE) | WP2 | 26 810 | |
| X-Med-1 | Multi-dimensional Exploration of the Mediterranean Sea or the return to the pathways of the greatest naturalists of the 19th and 20th centuries: 1. workshop "Antoine-Fortuné MARION and the Gulf of Marseille" | Thierry Pérez (IMBE), Daniel Faget (TELEMME), Eric Dombrowski (COMEX S.A.) | WP2 | 32 500 | |
SCIENTIFIC EVENTS
| Project name | Project title | Project leaders | Budget funded by OT-Med (€) |
| ForestFire2019 | International Conference on Forest Fires and WUI Fires 29th of April – 3rd of May 2019 |
Eric Maillé, IRSTEA | 5 000 |
| ATMEDSPONGE | 4th International workshop on Atlanto-Mediterranean Deep-Sea & Caves Sponges | Alexander Ereskovsky & Pierre Chevaldonne (IMBE) | 5 000 |
| ADATECC | 2ème Colloque science société - Adaptation des territoires au changement climatique. Risques – Ressources – Transition |
Wolfgang Cramer (IMBE) | 5 000 |
| FdSArbois | Fête de la Science de l’Arbois | T. de Garidel-Thoron , C. Sonzogni, F. Demory (Cerege) | 3 000 |
TRAINING
| Project name | Project title | Project leaders | Budget funded by OT-Med (€) |
| Pytheas MAPS | Mediterranean and African Practical field Schools for Pytheas education programs | Franck Torre (IMBE), Pierre Deschamps (Cerege) | 23 200 |
MOBILITY
| Project name | Project title | Project leaders | OT-Med WP | Budget funded by OT-Med (€) |
| Hydro-medLOC | How old’ are groundwater-derived nutrient inputs to coastal lagoons? | Thomas Stieglitz (chaire ANR, Cerege), Patrick Raimbault (MIO) | WP1 | 6 500 |
PUBLIC OUTREACH
| Project name | Project title | Project leaders | Budget funded by OT-Med (€) |
| LudiCC | Application smartphone et tablette pour comprendre les enjeux du changement climatique | Sophie Pekar (OT-Med), Moron (Cerege), O Chanel (GRECAM), J Guiot (Cerege), A Bondeau (IMBE), S maljean Dubois (Ceric), S Ruitton (MIO), T Botti (OSUPytheas) | 32 000 |